The Scale of Medicines with Which Merchant Vessels Are to Be Furnished, the Health of Seamen
by Wells, Spencer
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- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
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Garrison, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Churchill, 1861. Second edition. Hardcover. Fair. The standard work on first aid at sea, written by the naval surgeon Thomas Spencer Wells and first published in 1851. It contains a scale of medicines for a government medicine chest which all ships were required to carry, and also advice on how to maintain the health of crew members.
16mo, lacking early leaves to xvi, pp 1 - 212, illustrations. Flexible plum cloth covers, front cover detached, spine very rubbed.
16mo, lacking early leaves to xvi, pp 1 - 212, illustrations. Flexible plum cloth covers, front cover detached, spine very rubbed.
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- Bookseller
- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23652
- Title
- The Scale of Medicines with Which Merchant Vessels Are to Be Furnished, the Health of Seamen
- Author
- Wells, Spencer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second edition
- Publisher
- Churchill
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1861
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medicine;
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